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Digitalization in the Volkswagen Group

Not the one being driven, but the driver of digital transformation in the economy and mobility! How Volkswagen Group is shaping the profound transition phase while modernizing and digitalizing the entire company in the process: an overview.

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One thing’s for certain: the entire business world is in a period of profound transformation. The digitalization of all branches of the economy is the driver of this change – and in the case of the automotive industry, e-mobility is an additional element that is challenging car manufacturers. The Volkswagen Group is pressing ahead with modernization and digitalization. On the one hand, within the company, primarily in the administration but also in production. On the other hand, in the entire industry, through collaborations and inclusion of suppliers.

How the digital awakening of Volkswagen AG will become visible to its customers

Whether car-sharing, micro-mobility offers for the last mile, ride-sharing or ride-pooling services, it is in large cities particularly where digitalization will create a variety of new products that make life simpler. The Volkswagen Group is in a leading position with its range of services.

Videos – this is how Volkswagen is driving digitalization

“We want to master software development in the future just as exceptionally well as the development of vehicles." Christian Senger, Member of the Volkswagen Board of Management responsible for Digital Car & Services, explains the new Volkswagen software unit.

2019-06-18

Volkswagen develops more software itself

Volkswagen has started up a new computer center in Norway. It operates sustainably and climate-neutrally on 100 percent electricity generated by hydroelectric power. The Volkswagen and Audi brands are using it for digitalized vehicle development projects requiring especially intensive computing power. It saves more than 5,800 tons of CO₂ annually.

2019-06-18

Volkswagen Green IT: Data Center in Norway

Can data contribute to making mobility even more sustainable and attaining the goal of creating a city entirely free of emissions? At the Open Source Lab in Berlin, a platform for open discussions, experts developed their vision of data-driven urban mobility.

2019-04-26

Open Source Lab – Space for sustainability

Industry 4.0 is going live! Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services have joined forces to build the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud. Networking the Group’s production and logistics facilities will bring greater efficiency, transparency and flexibility.
The animated movie simply explains what the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud is doing.

2019-05-21

Simply explained – Volkswagen Industrial Cloud

Volkswagen AG opened the highly specialized research center known as Data:Lab Munich around five years ago. The center’s initial focus on data analytics has now shifted to artificial intelligence. Its team of experts pursues basic research and develops concrete applications.

2018-11-20

Data:Lab Munich develops artificial intelligence

Microsoft and Volkswagen have entered into a very close partnership for the development of the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud platform, as CEOs Dr. Herbert Diess and Satya Nadella confirmed at a meeting in Berlin. The Volkswagen Automotive Cloud will gradually be available in Europe, China and the USA - the core markets for the future fully electric and connected ID. model family.

2019-02-28

Microsoft and Volkswagen jointly develop the Automotive Cloud

Stories on digitalization in the Volkswagen Group

Digitalization affects all business areas: in addition to the vehicles themselves and the various services related to mobility, the Group is digitalizing development, vehicle production and the entire work landscape in the factories and offices. In the process, Volkswagen AG is linking the automotive and digital world in such a way that customers, companies and society all benefit equally.

Do you enjoy facing new challenges? Digital jobs at Volkswagen

Volkswagen is looking for software developers and other IT experts for the digitization of the car. See how the Group is winning over specialists on the market.

2019-06-28

What Volkswagen can offer IT experts - Digital:Lab Berlin

The art of clarity: At the Volkswagen Digital:Lab in Berlin, UX designers create products and solutions for new digital offers for customers. One of these designers is Melissa Zee from Singapore.

2018-06-07

That's my job: UX Designer

People work side by side with robots at the Wolfsburg plant. Robotics expert Johannes Teiwes from the Smart Production Lab programs the software for these applications.

2018-05-29

What exactly does a robotics expert do?

Virtual reality tools help us design new cars – quickly, flexibly and efficiently. VR developer David Kuri programs software to do this.

2018-05-18

"That's my job": David Kuri, VR-Developer

In the next few years, the economy will need more IT experts and software developers than are currently available in the labor market. The Volkswagen Group has just launched its qualification program “Fakultät 73,” which will make an effective contribution to closing this gap.

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